		The Music Box - A Personal Ear Trainer
		   (c)1995 Carner Enterprises
			Demo Version 1.0

The Music Box - A Personal Ear Trainer is a unique new program for
Windows devoted entirely to ear training.  Using The Music Box,
music teachers and students can improve their ability to identify
intervals and triads, take melodic dictation and even sight sing.  

Program Features:
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	- Select any group of intervals from 1/2 step through
	  an octave for practice
	- Select from major, minor, diminished and
	  augmented triad sonorities
	- Practice identifying intervals or triads individually
	- Take melodic dictation in diatonic or chromatic mode
	- Sight sing melodies 
	- Customize melody, tempo, mode and length	
	- Practice recognizing pitches	
	- Select from a number of instrument sonorities
	- Program generates a new melody every time
	- Affordable price

Easy to Use
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After just minutes, you will be able to practice 
exercises that will improve your ear.  The Music Box comes
complete with full on-line help to guide you through
all of the program's capabilities.

Adjust the Level of Difficulty
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The Music Box allows you to set the level of difficulty for
your practice session.  By selecting the intervals, triads
and melodic options you can practice just a few intervals
and short simple melodies or elevate the level of difficulty
all the way to every interval within an octave and extremely
complex melodies.

About Shareware and this Demo disk
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The Music Box is shareware.  The shareware distribution system 
relies on users to share the unregistered demonstration version
of the program.  You may make copies of the demo disk and 
share them with anyone you feel may be interested in 
the program.  The demonstration version of the program does 
limit the choices of intervals and a few other features, 
but fully illustrates the power of the program.  After a 
trial period, you may purchase the fully functional version 
of the program by registering with Carner Enterprises (the 
registered version may not be copied and distributed).  
The on-line help file in the demo version has full 
instructions on how to register. 

Written for musicians by a musician
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The Music Box was written by a musician and programmer.  
This program results from my own desire to practice ear 
training without the aid of another person.  All you need 
is a PC with a sound card to take advantage of hours 
of ear training at your own pace.

To Install the Zip version
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Unzip the musicbox.zip into a directory such as c:\musicboxd.
Then double click on musicbox.exe in File Manager or run 
this file using the File - Run command in File Manager 
or Program Manager.

The Music Box program files:

	musicbox.exe
	musicbox.hlp

The Music Box  requires Windows 3.1 (or better - 
including WIndows 95) and a sound card in your PC to 
function properly.  

Disclaimer of Warranty
======================
Users of The Music Box - A Personal Ear Trainer must accept this
disclaimer of warranty:

The Music Box - A Personal Ear Trainer is supplied as is.  The author 
disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without 
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or 
consequential, which may result from the use of The Music Box - 
A Personal Ear Trainer.

Thank you very much for your interest in this program 
and happy music making!
